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(c) Beta Naphthol. In the case of patients who were to receive 
this drug the ordinary Hospital diet was given on the day previous to 
treatment. At 6.0 p.m. a saline aperient was administered and no more 
food was permitted that day or on the day of treatment, until the 
motions from the action of the beta naphthol were obtained. At 6.0 a.m. 
beta naphthol gr. 30 was given in mucilage and this was repeated at 
8.0 a.m. and again at 10.0 a.m. At 12.0 noon a saline aperient was 
given and the motions resulting were collected, washed and examined. 
